Toronto Parkdale
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Toronto Parkdale was an early Canadian football
-rugby union
team from Toronto
. The club was founded by the Parkdale Canoe Club in 1905. It appeared in the 1909 and 1913 Grey Cup
final, but it never won a cup. The canoe club also fielded a Ontario Hockey Association
junior team around 1910. The football club folded, but the club later became the current Boulevard Club.
Canadian football
Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...
-rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
team from Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
. The club was founded by the Parkdale Canoe Club in 1905. It appeared in the 1909 and 1913 Grey Cup
Grey Cup
The Grey Cup is both the name of the championship of the Canadian Football League and the name of the trophy awarded to the victorious team. It is Canada's largest annual sports and television event, regularly drawing a Canadian viewing audience of about 3 to 4 million individuals...
final, but it never won a cup. The canoe club also fielded a Ontario Hockey Association
Ontario Hockey Association
The Ontario Hockey Association is the governing body for the majority of Junior and Senior level ice hockey teams in the Province of Ontario. The OHA is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Federation along with the Northern Ontario Hockey Association. Other Ontario sanctioning bodies along with the...
junior team around 1910. The football club folded, but the club later became the current Boulevard Club.